Luka Rocco Magnotta, suspected of killing a Chinese university student in Montreal and mailing the dismembered body parts to Canadian political parties, has been arrested at an internet café in Berlin.
Magnotta, 29, is wanted by Montreal authorities on first-degree murder and other charges, including threatening Canadian politicians.

He is suspected of killing Jun Lin &#8212; a 33-year-old Chinese university student with whom he had a relationship &#8212; filming the attack and mailing the victim's dismembered body parts to federal political parties in Ottawa.
Berlin police spokesman Chief-Supt. Stefan Redlich told CBC News that authorities arrested Magnotta at 2 p.m. Berlin time (8 a.m. ET) at Helin Café on Karl Marx Street.

Seven officers were involved in the arrest, which was made after police were tipped off by a patron.
"As far as I know he was arrested alone, and there was no struggle," Redlich said.
There is no doubt about the suspect's identity, and "he is the person Canada is looking for," he added.
The café's owner said he witnessed the arrest, but wouldn't comment further.
Magnotta is being held at the Berlin prison and is expected to be brought before a German judge on Tuesday.
But he likely won't be questioned about the alleged crimes in Montreal, as "this is a Canadian case," Redlich said.
Montreal police say they learned of Magnotta's arrest at 12:40 p.m. ET, and the news came as a great relief for many investigators, said Cmr. Ian Lafrenière.

"We thank the media who broadcast his photo, and information on the web also had a part in coming to this result," said Cmr. Ian Lafrenière.

Police will hold a full briefing on the case on Tuesday morning. Magnotta, dubbed the "Butcher of Montreal" by European media and "Canadian Psycho" at large, was spotted in Paris on the weekend, at a local café and in a hotel, after fleeing Montreal last week.

Victim went missing May 24
Jun "Justin" Lin came to Canada last year to study at Montreal's Concordia University, and held down two part-time jobs at convenience stores while taking computer science and engineering classes.
Parts of Lin's remains were discovered last week after they were sent to the federal Liberal and Conservative parties in Ottawa.

His torso was found stuffed in a suitcase and dumped in a trash pile behind the suspect's apartment in a working-class neighbourhood off Montreal's Décarie Expressway.

Other remains were retrieved from the garbage and from the tiny bachelor apartment where the crime allegedly took place.
Montreal police believe Lin was killed sometime around the evening of May 24 or early May 25. A video that apparently captured some of the act was posted to an online gore site on May 25 and circulated across the internet for several days.

His murder has profoundly shaken Montreal's large Chinese student community, which is planning a memorial Monday afternoon. Concordia officials have offered counselling services and a help hotline.
Lin's parents are reportedly coming to Montreal later this week to retrieve his remains.

Harper congratulates police
Prime Minister Stephen Harper, who is in London for the Queen's Jubilee celebration, told reporters he is "pleased" Magnotta has been arrested.
"I just want to congratulate the police forces on their good work," Harper said.
The prime minister is named, along with other Canadian politicians, in the police arrest warrant issued after Lin's murder.
Magnotta is accused of criminally harassing Harper and other members of Parliament.
Magnotta also faces charges of first-degree murder, committing an indignity to a dead body, publishing an obscene thing, and mailing obscene matter.

Interim Liberal Leader Bob Rae asked Canadians to remember the victim.
"Let's not forget that a young man was killed in the most terrible of circumstances. He came to Canada to improve himself, and to improve his life, and he is dead.

"His family in China is mourning, and his friends are in mourning, and all of Canada should be mourning for the person who died, rather than [...] celebrate the notoriety of Mr. Magnotta."
Magnotta on the lam in city of lights

Montreal police said Magnotta left the city on an international flight on Saturday, May 26. According to the French newspaper Le Figaro, Magnotta arrived in France at Paris's Roissy airport the same day.
The city was rife with rumours about Magnotta sightings, placing him in the city's hip 17th district, at bars, hotels, and in a suburb.

French media reported Sunday that personal belongings of Magnotta were found in a hotel in suburban Paris.
Those reports said police discovered pornographic magazines as well as air sickness bags from the airplane he took to Paris from Montreal.

Interpol issued a notice about Magnotta to 190 countries last Thursday.
Montreal police are calling it one of the largest manhunts in their history.

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